Continuing Education for Teachers in the Teaching Residency Program at Colégio Pedro II in Brazil

Abstract

This article discusses the Teaching Residency Program of Colégio Pedro II, which features as a realization of Third Space in the qualification of teachers. The program is a reality of interaction between academic research and teaching practice, employing the experience in a public school to enhance the quality of teaching actions in the school realities of the participants, contributing to both to improve the quality of professional training of residents and to provide a discussion of the educational context. Four basic classes of conflicts experienced by recently graduated teachers, and such conflicts are analyzed with support on concept of Third Space.